Decreasing resistance as an early warning signal of forest declines in the Qilian Mountains

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 299; p. 110809
• Main Authors: Dong, Yuntao, Fang, Ouya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2024
• Subjects: climate change; Ecological resilience; forest decline; forest ecology; forests; Growth decline; Juniperus przewalskii; Qilian Mountains; tree growth; Tree rings; trees; Tree rings; Ecological resilience; Growth decline; Qilian Mountains; Juniperus przewalskii

Detection of early warning signals (EWSs) for forest declines is a critical yet challenging in forest ecology and management. Although the EWSs have been investigated from the perspective of external stresses, changes in tree resistance in stresses before forest declines have received much less atte...